Nigerians, others in UK celebrate Super Eagles victory

Nigerians in the United Kingdom are ecstatic over the Super Eagles victory at the just concluded African Cup of Nations in South Africa..

The Super Eagles defeated Burkina Faso 1-0 in a highly tensed final played in Johannesburg on Sunday evening.

Most African restaurants and bars in London were packed full of Nigerians, Ghanians, and supporters of the Super Eagles from Europe and the Caribbean.

The Western Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that football analysts in London had earlier tipped the Super Eagles as favorites and potential winner of the tournament.

Speaking to NAN, after the match, Mr. Jehrome Ndukwe, a lawyer and member of the Central Association of Nigerians (CANUK) said “it was a well deserved victory, the boys played their hearts out.”

Ndukwe, however, said more goals would have been scored if all the opportunities were utilized.

Similarly, Mrs. Grace Duniya who travelled from Derby to London to watch the match with fellow supporters called for the inclusion of younger players to the team.

“You can see the difference in the selection of players, initially, Stephen Keshi was criticsed but he knew what he was doing, the game of football goes with stamina which younger players have the better advantage,” she said.

Duniya also commended the Burkinabes for getting to the finals for the first time

“They are a very strong team also, I congratulate them for coming this far.”

Others, who spoke to NAN, also commended the Burkinabes, and urged the federal government to always motivate athletes before any competition.